SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – City staff in Santa Maria are encouraging more residents to attend the final Town Hall regarding sales tax ballot Measure C this Thursday. It’s scheduled for 4:00pm Thursday at the Elwin Mussell Senior Center, just ahead of midterm Election Day – now only a week away. If passed, Measure C
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Ballot counting is underway for the November 3 election. The deadline is two weeks away.
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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) – What will be on your ballot? Who will be the next Governor of California? What does voting on any of the 14 propositions mean for you and your family? Your News Channel will discuss all these topics and more during a LIVE political discussion – Wednesday at 6:00pm. Submit your
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October 19 is the voter registration deadline for the Nov. 3 election to be verified and receive materials by mail. Voters can still register up to election day by using the conditional voter registration and still receive a ballot from an elections office.
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LOS ANGELES (KEYT) – Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that California is in violation of the U.S. Constitution by providing ballots to registered voters the federal government believes are not eligible to vote. Article VI, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution states that laws of the United States, “shall be
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LOMPOC, Calif. (KEYT) – Nonpartisan groups hosted a candidate forum in Lompoc on Thursday. The event featured four candidates competing for two open seats on the city council. Two mayoral candidates are vying for the center seat. Public safety and municipal governance have emerged as central issues for Lompoc’s midterm elections. “Growing up, man, we used
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Santa Maria residents evaluated details of Measure C following the final city-organized town hall meeting held last night at the Santa Maria Public Library. The city introduced the proposal to address a budget gap after previously cutting dozens of municipal staff positions to reduce expenditures. The ballot proposal asks voters
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WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – A recently released whistleblower report alleges that the Trump Administration directed employees at the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Field Office in Los Angeles to open investigations into legally protected protest activities last year. According to a whistleblower disclosure by former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Jill Fields, the
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Ballot drop boxes are now open for the November 3 election. The ballot will have two pages due to the number of candidates and measures.
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The League Of Women Voters is hosting a candidate forum this evening at Allan Hancock College’s Boyd Concert Hall. It’s a meet-and-greet showcase for local candidates on November’s midterm ballot. Current Santa Maria city council district 4 officeholder Maribel Aguilera is vacating the position to run for Santa Barbara County’s
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A candidate forum is scheduled for this Thursday at Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria. It’s a chance for the public to meet candidates for County Supervisor and Santa Maria City Council. Seven candidates running for three Santa Maria City Council seats will be at Thursday’s forum. “Don’t vote because they’re
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – Candidates competing for Santa Maria City Council’s 3rd district seat will be at a League Of Women Voters’ candidate forum tomorrow evening at Hancock College. They’ll be joining candidates for the other city council seats as well as Santa Barbara County’s district 5 supervisor candidates. Incumbent council member Gloria Soto faces
Continue ReadingThe San Luis Obispo Elections Office said Tuesday it will mail ballots for the upcoming General Election, as well as open ballot drop boxes earlier than expected.
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, CA (KEYT) – Bob Smith, the congressional candidate hoping to unseat incumbent congressman Salud Carbajal, is no longer aligned with the GOP. Smith confirmed Friday afternoon to your News Channel that he was distancing himself from both parties and registered No Party Preference or Independent. A News Channel crew met up with
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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – The League of Women Voters of North Santa Barbara County visited local high schools to helped 16-18 year-olds prepare to become voters. Members of the nonpartisan, non-profit organization encouraged about 100 teens to register or preregister to vote. League Co-President Tracy Beard said they visited 10 high school including those
Continue Reading BOSTON (KEYT) – California’s Attorney General has joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and the Governor of Pennsylvania in filing a lawsuit challenging the U.S. Postal Service’s new rule allowing it to reject mail-based ballots nationwide. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts today, argued that the new rule
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SANTA BARBARA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – On Monday, the Supreme Court handed President Trump a win on Monday in his fight to impose restrictions on mail-in voting. The United State Supreme Court Justices voted 6-3 in favor of the executive order. The vote lifts a lower court injunction and paves the way for President Trump to
Continue Reading WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources publicly warned a Trump Administration appointee that attempts to destroy records and avoid oversight could violate federal law as multiple ongoing inquiries await investigation. “Your nomination arrives at a time when the OIG [Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of the
Continue Reading WASHINGTON D.C. (KEYT) – On Wednesday, over a quarter of the U.S. Senate noted that the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 prohibits major changes to voter rolls within 90 days of an election and urged the Trump Administration to confirm its intent to follow federal law. “The 2026 general election will be held on
Continue Reading SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KEYT) – California’s Office of Attorney General shared the results of the agency’s annual report to the state’s Legislature Tuesday. According to the Attorney General’s Office, California has filed 82 lawsuits -with the state’s top lawyer leading or co-leading 55 of them- as well as 120 amicus briefs in support of legislation challenging
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